The rehabilitation of the Yandahoun plant in Liberia’s northern Lofa County represents a small but important first step in bringing electricity to the millions of Liberians who currently live off the grid. It also signifies the success of the World Bank‐supported Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) in taking its first major electrification project from concept stage through to completion.

A mini hydro plant destroyed during Liberia’s civil war has been brought back to life by the country’s newly created rural electrification agency and is now bringing power to homes and businesses for the first time in more than a generation. The rehabilitation of the Yandahoun plant in Liberia’s northern Lofa County represents a small but important first step in bringing electricity to the millions of Liberians who currently live off the grid. It also signifies the success of the World Bank‐supported rural and renewable energy agency (RREA) in taking its first major electrification project from concept stage through to completion.